Wakefield News

Published in the January 24, 2017 edition.

WAKEFIELD — High wind gusts kept local public safety personnel busy overnight dealing with uprooted trees and fallen branches as well as one utility pole that fell across Main Street and was hit by a motorist. Falling temperatures also brought out DPW trucks to salt roads that were…

Published in the January 24, 2017 edition.

WAKEFIELD — There were more single family homes sold in town in 2016 than the year before, and for more money.

In a report this morning, The Warren Group — publishers of Banker & Tradesman — compiled December single family and condo sales from across the state. In…

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Published in the January 23, 2017 edition

WAKEFIELD — A 30-year-old Newburyport man faces a slew of drug charges after police received a call reporting a suspicious white man sitting in front of the Everly Apartments at 14 Audubon Rd. at about 8 p.m. Saturday night.

Responding police located a man fitting the description wearing…

Published in the January 20, 2017 edition.

Published in the January 20, 2017 edition.

An interesting history of the area’s railroading past was given in Lynnfield recently. We thought we’d share it with you, since Wakefield figured mightily in the story.

By DAN TOMASELLO

Trains and trolleys were the modes of transportation in our area for decades. They’re mainly things of the…

Published in the January 19, 2017 edition.

Published in the January 19, 2017 edition.

WAKEFIELD — A 36-year-old Connecticut man was issued a citation in the wake of a two-car crash at Crescent and Centre Streets just after noon yesterday.

Police said that a 2014 Honda Civic driven by a 55-year-old Medford man was traveling north on Crescent Street when a 2003…

Published in the January 19, 2017 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

With the various measures they pass on the federal and state level, lawmakers come up with some interesting concepts. They even think they can control the weather by passing climate regulations. (I wonder what the Supremacy Clause under Article VI of the Constitution says about…

Published in the January 18, 2017 edition

WAKEFIELD — The Albion Cultural Exchange is pleased to…

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Published in the January 17, 2017 edition

The following is part of a series from Wakefield Main Streets, Inc., a 501 (c)3 organization that was established in 2014 and works to establish and promote downtown Wakefield as a vibrant, inviting destination by fostering historic preservation, economic renewal, and community involvement.

Wakefield Main Streets: Revitalizing Downtown…